Mythran's Master Of All

Ren woke up in the comfy bed and looked over at Elerlyth's phantom form. “Okay, I've got 2 days to get back here. If I allow for the 5 hours travel time each way, and almost 2 hours I'll be logged out for lunch, that's 12 hours out of 48.” He got out of bed and equipped his clothing. “I'll have 36 hours to work on things I have to do, assuming I don't sleep for some of that.” He walked into the living room and into the cabinet. He nailed it shut and stepped through the portal. He nailed that cabinet shut and ran downstairs.

Summon Teepo! Ren thought and Teepo appeared at his feet. “How are you feeling, buddy?” He asked his friend.

“I... I...” Teepo stammered. “I'm fine, now.”

Ren chuckled. “I think you enjoyed going that fast a little too much, huh?”

“I didn't know anything could go that fast!” Teepo chittered in delight.

“Hi, Princess. Feeling better?” Ren asked.

She huffed and nodded. He put some food in her bowl and she gobbled it up. He gave her some more and Ren ate some himself. He knocked on Ruck's little cabinet that was attached to Princess' crate.

“I'm heading out.” Ren said, and Ruck came out and climbed onto his back. Ren closed the cabinet and Princess got out of the crate. Ren stored it and put the saddle and harness on her, but didn't tighten them. He led her outside and locked the door of the warehouse. They went to the road, and once on the flat surface, he could see that Princess was raring to go. Her breath was pumping through her nose faster than normal, and she was pawing her hooves.

“Okay, but only 2 miles!” Ren said and smiled. “You can go 2 that way...” He said and pointed towards the city. “...then 2 this way.” He said and pointed towards the convent. “I'll be running myself, so you'll have lots of time to run.”

Princess huffed and nodded several times.

“Teepo? I assume you want a ringside seat.”

“I sure do!” Teepo said and hopped out of the hood and onto the saddle.

“Be careful.” Ren said to Princess and scratched her chin. “There might be carts traveling from the convent.”

Princess nodded again and Ren tied the reins to the saddle.

“Oka-”

She took off like a shot and Ren laughed as Teepo yelled.

“WHHHEEEEE!!!”

Ren had guessed right that she wouldn't be anywhere near as fast without the giant strength, but it was still a significant velocity. Ren started to run himself and Princess passed him several times over the next few minutes. He waved her down on the sixth pass and she slowed down to trot beside him.

“Time for a break.” Ren said, and fed her some food as he ran. She ate it eagerly as her Stamina bar refilled. “You don't have to run full out every time.” He tried to explain, but Princess huffed and he gave up. “Okay, but I won't wait for you if you get too tired to keep going.”

Princess nodded and took off again, and they repeated this process over and over again until Ren was about an hour outside the city. He took out his land deeds and the attached maps to see if he was still on the land he owned. He went to the side of the road and dug out a good sized lot, laid down paving stones, and built an 8 foot high, 10 foot by 10 foot single storey building/room with Ruck's help. It didn't take long, and Ren got the popup for a new dwelling that fulfilled his Land Owner duties. He didn't know who to assign as the occupant, so he left it blank for now. He took out some stones and enchanted them with Warding runes for a chance of concealment, then continued to run back to Dornrach's city limits. Even though it was light out, Ren had to take Princess' reins and hold onto her so she wouldn't run anyone over. They made it back to House Neram in just over 5 hours.

“Hi, Wohrum.” Ren said as he passed through the gaping hole that used to be the gate. The guard nodded slightly, and Ren led Princess to the stable as Teepo jumped onto his arm and crawled up it and into the hood. There was still about 5 hours left before nighttime, so Ren took out Princess' crate and put it back where it used to be. He took off her saddle and harness and handed them to Ruck, who stored them and climbed off Ren's back to open the big cabinet by the wall.

“Thanks, both of you.” Ren said. “You did great.”

Ruck waved, and Princess huffed. Ren turned to her and straightened the fur that was ruffled from her running so fast.

“You can't go running without me around.” He said and she looked at him. “Now that you've got a taste for it, I know you really want to.” Ren chuckled. “I'll make you a nice track out back. With obstacles and everything.”

Princess bleated her dismay, and Ren grinned.

“Yes, you can go through them if you want.” He pat her neck and she huffed. Ren took out her bowl and gave her more food, then left the stable and went to where Wohrum stood. “Sorry you had to stand guard.”

Wohrum shrugged. “Without the gate to lock, someone has to be on watch constantly.”

“I should have told Nathalia to raise the drawbridge.” Ren said and smiled.

“You mean it works?” Wohrum asked, surprised.

Ren nodded slightly. “I fixed it a couple of days ago when I was up early.” He said. “I'm glad you're here now, though.”

“Why's that?”

“Now I can repair the gate and not worry about anyone coming by while I'm smelting in the workshop.”

“Of course, sir.” Wohrun said and stood at attention.

Ren frowned and looked at the side of the road. Even with the 8 foot moat, there's still about 5 feet of space. He thought, and smiled. “Would you like to have somewhere to sit instead of standing here all the time?”

“I don't know, sir.” Wohrum said. “Standing at attention is the best way to beat the tedium.”

“I do remember the guard at the Brig mentioning that a comfortable soldier is a lazy soldier.”

“Exactly, sir.” Wohrum said. “If I'm comfortable, I'll fall asleep faster than your mount nearly ran over Golir.”

Ren's eyes widened. “Is he okay? I didn't think he was standing close enough to the gate to be hurt.”

“He's fine.” Wohrum said. “He jumped out of the way, and landed in the ditch.”

“I honestly didn't see him.” Ren said. “Tell him I'm sorry, if you see him before I do.”

“Of course, sir.”

Ren looked around. “Who cleaned up the pieces?”

“Lady Neram's daughter, sir.”

I'll have to thank her properly. Ren thought, went into the house, and stopped just inside the front door. “Nathalia? Narhilda?”

“REN!” He heard from two similar voices. Nathalia and her mother came out of the kitchen, and Ren stepped into the main room to meet them. He took them both into a hug at the same time, and they hugged him back.

“How did it go?” Nathalia asked.

“I made it in time.” Ren said. “It was close, though. She was pretty bad.”

“I'm sorry to hear that.”

“I have to meet her again tomorrow night to feed her properly.” Ren said and let the two women go. “I was only there an hour before we had to deal with Adventurer's business.”

“Was that enough until tomorrow night?” Nathalia asked, concerned.

“She'll be gone until then, so it should be fine.” Ren said. “I'll leave a little early myself so I can be there on time.”

“You're so good to do all of this for her.” Narhilda said. “All this trouble...”

Ren chuckled. “I've had trouble before. This isn't it.”

“Supper will be ready in a couple of hours.” She said and smiled.

“Thank you.” Ren said and kissed her on the cheek, then turned to Nathalia. “Thank you for cleaning up what was left of the gate.”

“I can't believe you did that!” Nathalia laughed. “I tried to tell Ma about it; but she didn't believe me until I showed her where the sound had come from.”

“You really rammed the gate with a ram!” Narhilda said and shook her head.

“I was going to replace it anyways.” Ren laughed and took Nathalia's hand. “I'm going to the workshop to make the new one.”

Narhilda nodded and turned around to go back into the kitchen. “See you when you're done.”

Ren pulled Nathalia close, and stared at her. “I love you.”

“I love you, too.” She said and they kissed passionately. After several minutes, Nathalia broke the kiss and smiled. “You'll never get the gate built if you keep this going.”

Ren smiled, too. “I thought it was more important to kiss you first.”

“You've done that.” Nathalia said and laughed. “Get going!”

“Yes, My Lady.” Ren said, kissed her again, and left the house. He walked by Wohrum and spoke. “I'll be back in about an hour with the new gate.”

“I'll be here, sir.” Wohrum said.

Ren ran up to the workshop and stopped just outside. He looked at the piles of wood, brick and paving stones he had, and frowned. Teepo, those piles look like they are the same size, and it's been 2 days.

Teepo looked at them. “Yes, there's nothing new since you took some of them.”

I'll have to make the rounds and see what's up. Ren thought. I'm pretty sure I know what it is, though.

Ren looked around, and noticed that there was only 6 people shoveling silt. He went inside the workshop and saw no one was there. He sighed and started the forge, then tossed in some ore. While he smelted metal until it was nearly to the top, he stacked up all the bags of cement powder into 5 bag square piles, 5 feet high. He was running out of room for them, but that was okay; several hundred bags would be used later that night. Ren stirred the molten metal quickly, and decided that he'd need a huge mold to make the gate door. He laid out enough stone bricks to make a huge square area; and because he wanted the gate door thick, he topped off the smelter and skimmed off some of the impurities.

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Ren took out the several bolts of special fabric he'd bought and opened the bodysuit pattern. He removed the top part of the arms, the top part of the thighs, and the top of the chest to leave a center piece. He replaced the normal fabric with the see-through fabric, added frills along the edges of the arm and leg pieces. He added lace across the chest area and the hips, to cover over everything. Once that was done, he cut the various fabric types into pieces that he needed, and put them together to be sewed. He dyed everything red and assembled everything. He stored his creation and saved the pattern, then checked the smelter. It needed only a little more time, so he decided to check his status.

“Show Status.” Ren said and looked at the popup.